About this book
30 sonnets by the English poet and cleric the Reverend William Lisle Bowles "written chiefly during various journeys". Published in 1789 they were received with favour, not only by the general public, but by other poets such as Coleridge and Wordsworth. The text includes other poems, but these sonnets were most suitable for the project.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
Chapters
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- 1Written at Tinemouth, Northumberland1:59 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 2At Bamborough Castle1:37 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 3To the River Wensbeck1:36 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 4To the River Tweed1:14 · read by Tobe
- 5Evening1:21 · read by Bruce Kachuk
- 6On Leaving a Village in Scotland1:33 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 7To the River Itchen1:38 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 8O Poverty!1:19 · read by Bruce Kachuk
- 9At Dover Cliffs1:36 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 10At Ostend, Landing1:25 · read by Bruce Kachuk
- 11At Ostend1:31 · read by Patrick Randall
- 12On the River Rhine1:39 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 13At a Convent1:19 · read by Bruce Kachuk
- 14O Time!1:09 · read by Larry Wilson
- 15Languid, and Sad1:12 · read by Larry Wilson
- 16On a Distant View of England1:12 · read by jenno
- 17To the River Cherwell1:41 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 18As one who Long by Wasting Sickness Worn1:10 · read by Larry Wilson
- 19Go Then1:24 · read by Bruce Kachuk
- 20There is Strange Musick1:26 · read by Bruce Kachuk
- 21Whose was that Gentle Voice1:27 · read by Bruce Kachuk
- 22As o'er these Hills1:09 · read by Susan Akerszim
- 23Netley Abbey1:22 · read by Bruce Kachuk
- 24O Harmony!1:08 · read by Peanut
- 25How shall I meet thee1:08 · read by Kels
- 26How Blest with Thee1:39 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 27On revisiting Oxford1:41 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 28At Malvern1:08 · read by liamtom93
- 29On the Death of the Reverend William Benwell1:10 · read by Avanos
- 30On Reviewing the Foregoing1:36 · read by Patrick Randall
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